How much is Zhejiang cuisine river crab per jin? What is the difference from swimming crab?

River crab is a traditional famous dish in Wenzhou. Because of its unique taste, with sour, sweet, fresh plus mustard, it makes people feel fresh, bold and spicy, so many people like to eat it. So what is river crab? How much is it per jin? What is the difference from swimming crab?

River crab is a general term. By convention, it usually refers to the swimming crab from the Ou River. After being finely split and cut apart, it is soaked in vinegar, soy sauce, and yellow rice wine, or supplemented with other secret ingredients. The soaking time is about half an hour to one hour. Therefore, the surface taste of raw river crab is sour, sweet, saucy and fresh. When dipped in mustard, it becomes fresh, bold and spicy.

In Wenzhou, one can list a whole string of raw foods, such as “raw fish”, “raw shrimp”, “raw mantis shrimp”, as well as “raw pan cai”, “raw tofu”, and so on. Of course, among all raw foods, only this “raw river crab” has the most amazing taste. Although its seasonings cannot do without soy sauce, vinegar, wine and monosodium glutamate, the flavor produced by pickling is always a cut above other raw foods.

Latest price:

River crab is very expensive. It is generally commonly seen at the Jianhu Aquatic Products Wholesale Market in Jiangsu, and the price is 140 yuan/kg.

Difference from swimming crab:

River crab is actually a dish made mainly with swimming crab as the main ingredient. The specific method is as follows:

Main ingredient: swimming crab (about 750 grams)

Auxiliary ingredients: scallion, ginger, garlic

Seasonings: baijiu, yellow rice wine, chicken essence, soy sauce, white sugar, rice vinegar, pepper powder, sesame oil

1. Remove the crab's stomach and belly, cut the rest into small pieces, and marinate with wine and salt for 10 minutes (preferably with high-proof baijiu). This step is crucial for sterilizing and disinfecting.

2. Pour off the liquid produced by marinating, sprinkle with pepper powder, cover with plastic wrap, and put in the refrigerator for more than 30 minutes.

3. After 30 minutes, take it out of the refrigerator and pour off the liquid produced by marinating. Mix the seasonings well and set aside.

4. Pour the seasonings over the crab plate, and it is done.